Improved compound for refining cider, wine



Q tin-ital gon OLIVER SOHAFFER,

OF DAYTON, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 102,715, dated May 3, 1870.

IMPROVED COMPOUND FOR REFINING- CIDER, WINE, 8:6.

il'he Scheule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OLIVER Scxmnnnn, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a certain Imprm-edOompound for Refining and Clarifying Cider, ine, and other fermented and unfermented Liquors; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in mixing with a quantity of the'liquor to be clarified, codfish sounds, saltpeter, and carbonate of magnesia.

To prepare the compound for clarifying cider, for example, I take twenty-four ounces of codfish sounds, two ounces of saltpeter, two ounces of carbonate of magnesia, and put, theseingredients in a cask containing ten gallons partially-fermented cider, This mixture, being stirred daily, is leftabont twelve days to macera't, and at the end of that period of time it is stirred briskly for about five minutes, when it will become'foamy and have the consistency of yeast. It is then'ready for use, and, to clarify a barrel of cider containing forty gallons, one gallon of the compound is stirred in it, when it is left for about thirty-six hours clarifying cider, wine, and other liquors, of the ingredients,in the proportions, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

OLIVER- SCHAFFER.

Witnesses: I

JAMES LINDEN, Tnos. D. MITGHELL. 

